Administrator Guide

Steps

1. Make sure the server HBAs have connectivity to the Storage Center HBAs.

• iSCSI – Congure the iSCSI initiator on the server to use the Storage Center HBAs as the target.

• Fibre Channel – Congure Fibre Channel zoning to allow the server HBAs and Storage Center HBAs to communicate.

• SAS (SCv2000 series controllers only) – Directly connect the controller to a server using SAS ports congured as front-end

connections.

2. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)

3. Click the Storage tab.

4. Select the server that hosts the virtual server in the Storage tab navigation pane.

5. In the right pane, click Create Virtual Server. The Create Virtual Server dialog box opens.

Figure 20. Create Virtual Server Dialog Box

6. Congure the server attributes. These attributes are described in the online help.

a. Enter a name for the server in the Name eld.

b. To add the server to a server folder, click Change, select a folder, and click OK.

c. Select the operating system for the server from the Operating System drop-down menu.

d. To generate Storage Center alerts when connectivity is lost between the Storage Center and the server, select Alert On

Lost Connectivity.

e. To generate Storage Center alerts when the Storage Center only has partial connection to the server, select Alert On

Partial Connectivity.

f. Select or dene one or more HBAs for the server.

• If one or more server HBAs are visible to the Storage Center, select them in the Host Bus Adapters table.

• If a server HBA is not visible to the Storage Center, click Manually Add HBA to dene it manually. For SAS front-end

connections, use the SAS device name as the world wide name (WWN) to manually add the HBA.

NOTE: IP addresses can be added for HBAs that will be installed on the server in the future. When the HBA that

uses that IP address is installed, it will be congured and ready to use.

7. Click OK.